[mythtv-users] Star Ratings no longer inserted

[Michael T. Dean]

On 11/30/2014 11:22 AM, glen wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 8:11 AM, Mike Perkins wrote:
>> On 30/11/14 14:58, glen wrote:
>>
>> (Snip)
>>
>>     i did use sd for a while and had trouble because i use 4
>>     different inputs each with different channels, qam, over the air,
>>     hdpvr and firewire. and only two sources on sd, ota and time
>>     warner. so i wound up using xmltv utility grabber to get single
>>     data files and run miythfilldatabase with the 4 different files.
>>     each separate. probably next week in my area the qam goes away as
>>     time warner is encrypting everything. 
>>
>> If you have four inputs each of which supplies a different set of 
>> channels, then you must define four sources - even if those sets 
>> appear to overlap. Each source in mythtv identifies a set of channels 
>> available at an input and a consistent tuning method to obtain any 
>> one of those channels. I can understand only wanting to download data 
>> once and then filter before applying to your database but I believe 
>> that using the SD mechanism will do this for you. No need for hoops 
>> and acrobatics.

Exactly.
>
> i do have four sources defined in mythtv. that is how i am filling the 
> database. i don't know yet about the current sd implementation, but 
> the prior went from only the sources defined on schedules direct which 
> in my case were 2.

You would have 4 Video Sources in MythTV and, perhaps, only one lineup 
on Schedules Direct.

> so the automatic grabber would insert channels where i did not want them.

You need to use the proper argument for mythfilldatabase to prevent that:

http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/580284#580284

Mike